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July 26th, 2006

Pete Solis indicted

Buda Man Indicted In MySpace Sexual Assault:
(CBS 42) A Buda man accused of sexually assaulting a girl he met on MySpace.com has been indicted.
Pete Ignacio Solis, 20, is charged with the assault of a 14-year-old girl in May.
According to police, Solis picked up the girl at Bowie High School and assaulted her in the parking […]

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June 26th, 2006

MySpace lawsuit viability

A Fourteen-Year-Old Girl’s Suit Against MySpace: Should Networking Sites Be Legally Responsible for Protecting Teens from Harmful Real-World Conduct?:
This is a great and lengthy article about the viability of the MySpace lawsuit. It’s a great read but the last paragraph, in my opinion, sums up the whole situation…
At the end of the day, however, as […]

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June 22nd, 2006

Another Lawsuit?

TIME.com: A Countersuit in the MySpace Case?

A 14-year-old girl is suing the social networking site, where she met the man charged with sexually assaulting her. Now the man she says assaulted her may pursue his own legal case against MySpace.
It has been an unlikely legal wrangle from the start. First, a 14-year-old Austin, Texas, […]

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June 20th, 2006

Reaction to the lawsuit

Public reacts to MySpace.com lawsuit:
Local reaction, from Austin Texas, about the MySpace lawsuit…
Reaction was mixed Tuesday after reports that MySpace.com is being sued for not doing enough to protect young users from predators.
Some say the girl’s parents should have known better.
Lowell Coleman likes to have coffee at the Spider House and frequently […]

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June 20th, 2006

Mr. A Reports VIII

Mr. A brings us some goodies today.
First we have the MySpace profile of Pete Solis. He is at the heart of the MySpace lawsuit controversy as he was the one accused of assaulting the 14-year-old girl.
Mr. A also brings us the profile of one Darren Mack. Otherwise known as the Reno Sniper.
Mr. A. The detergent […]

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June 19th, 2006

$30M MySpace lawsuit

Teenager and her mother sue MySpace.com for $30 million:
A 14-year-old Travis County girl who said she was sexually assaulted by a Buda man she met on MySpace.com sued the popular Internet social networking site Monday for $30 million, claiming it fails to protect minors from adult sexual predators.
The lawsuit claims the Web site does not […]

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May 30th, 2006

Mom sues school over MySpace

School Blamed for Daughter’s Internet Liaison:
(Honeoye, N.Y.) AP - Luann Waden recently filed a notice of claim that she plans to sue the Honeoye Central School District.
She blames the school district after her daughter ran off with a guy she met online.
Waden said she made clear on a consent form at the start […]

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